Greenland - Fertility Rate 2020
2.02
−0.06 from 2019
Greenland's fertility rate was 2.02 in 2020, decreased +0.06 from 2.08 in 2019. This was the 108th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Korea | 0.84 | -8.8% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | 0.84 | -6.5% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.88 | -17.0% |
| 4th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.92 | -6.1% |
| 5th | British Virgin Islands | 0.98 | 3.6% |
| 6th | Andorra | 1.03 | -1.6% |
| 7th | Singapore | 1.10 | -3.5% |
| 8th | San Marino | 1.11 | 1.6% |
| 9th | Malta | 1.13 | -0.9% |
| 10th | Spain | 1.18 | -4.1% |
| 11th | Ukraine | 1.21 | -0.8% |
| 12th | China | 1.24 | -17.4% |
| 13th | Italy | 1.24 | -2.4% |
| 14th | Thailand | 1.26 | -2.0% |
| 15th | United Arab Emirates | 1.29 | 3.4% |
| 16th | Chile | 1.31 | -8.6% |
| 17th | North Macedonia | 1.31 | -2.2% |
| 18th | Channel Islands | 1.33 | -1.5% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 20th | Lithuania | 1.36 | -4.9% |
| 21st | Luxembourg | 1.36 | 1.5% |
| 22nd | Cyprus | 1.36 | 2.3% |
| 23rd | Belarus | 1.37 | -0.9% |
| 24th | Finland | 1.37 | 1.5% |
| 25th | Albania | 1.37 | -1.7% |
| 26th | Jamaica | 1.38 | -0.5% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 1.39 | -0.8% |
| 28th | Greece | 1.39 | 3.7% |
| 29th | Poland | 1.39 | -3.5% |
| 30th | Curaçao | 1.40 | -12.5% |
| 31st | Canada | 1.41 | -4.1% |
| 32nd | St. Lucia | 1.41 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.42 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Austria | 1.44 | -1.4% |
| 35th | Mauritius | 1.44 | 2.9% |
| 36th | Costa Rica | 1.45 | -9.5% |
| 37th | Bermuda | 1.45 | 4.9% |
| 38th | Switzerland | 1.46 | -1.4% |
| 39th | Liechtenstein | 1.46 | -1.4% |
| 40th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.47 | -0.9% |
| 41st | Croatia | 1.48 | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Norway | 1.48 | -3.3% |
| 43rd | Serbia | 1.48 | -2.6% |
| 44th | Cuba | 1.49 | -3.3% |
| 45th | Dominica | 1.50 | -0.6% |
| 46th | Uruguay | 1.50 | -4.5% |
| 47th | Bhutan | 1.50 | 3.7% |
| 48th | Russian Federation | 1.51 | 0.1% |
| 49th | European Union | 1.51 | -1.4% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.52 | 0.4% |
| 51st | Germany | 1.53 | -0.6% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 1.53 | -0.6% |
| 53rd | Netherlands | 1.54 | -1.9% |
| 54th | Belgium | 1.55 | -3.1% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.55 | -1.1% |
| 56th | Latvia | 1.55 | -3.7% |
| 57th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.55 | -4.0% |
| 58th | Cayman Islands | 1.55 | 3.1% |
| 59th | Kosovo | 1.57 | -0.5% |
| 60th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.57 | 6.9% |
| 61st | French Polynesia | 1.57 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | United Kingdom | 1.57 | -3.7% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.57 | -0.4% |
| 64th | Estonia | 1.58 | -4.8% |
| 65th | Australia | 1.58 | -4.6% |
| 66th | Isle of Man | 1.59 | -1.3% |
| 67th | Hungary | 1.59 | 2.6% |
| 68th | Slovak Republic | 1.59 | 1.3% |
| 69th | Slovenia | 1.59 | -1.2% |
| 70th | Cabo Verde | 1.59 | -6.3% |
| 71st | Argentina | 1.60 | -14.9% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 1.61 | -6.4% |
| 73rd | Maldives | 1.61 | -1.6% |
| 74th | Ireland | 1.63 | -4.7% |
| 75th | United States | 1.64 | -3.8% |
| 76th | Brazil | 1.65 | -3.0% |
| 77th | Aruba | 1.66 | -2.3% |
| 78th | Sweden | 1.67 | -2.3% |
| 79th | Qatar | 1.68 | -3.2% |
| 80th | Denmark | 1.68 | -1.2% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 1.68 | -5.5% |
| 82nd | Colombia | 1.69 | -0.9% |
| 83rd | Armenia | 1.70 | 6.2% |
| 84th | Azerbaijan | 1.70 | -6.1% |
| 85th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.70 | -3.7% |
| 86th | Barbados | 1.71 | -0.4% |
| 87th | Iceland | 1.72 | -1.1% |
| 88th | Czechia | 1.74 | 1.8% |
| 89th | Montenegro | 1.75 | -2.8% |
| 90th | Bulgaria | 1.77 | -1.1% |
| 91st | Moldova | 1.77 | -0.6% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | 1.77 | -6.3% |
| 93rd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.80 | -1.3% |
| 94th | Romania | 1.80 | 1.7% |
| 95th | El Salvador | 1.82 | -1.0% |
| 96th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.82 | -0.2% |
| 97th | France | 1.83 | -1.6% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.83 | -1.8% |
| 99th | Bahrain | 1.86 | 0.9% |
| 100th | Gibraltar | 1.91 | -0.3% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 1.96 | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Ecuador | 1.97 | -3.3% |
| 103rd | Palau | 1.97 | -0.6% |
| 104th | Georgia | 1.98 | -2.2% |
| 105th | Mexico | 1.99 | -1.5% |
| 106th | Tunisia | 2.00 | -4.8% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | 2.01 | -0.7% |
| 108th | Greenland | 2.02 | -2.9% |
| 109th | New Caledonia | 2.02 | -1.4% |
| 110th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.03 | -1.0% |
| 111th | Kuwait | 2.03 | -2.4% |
| 112th | Belize | 2.04 | -4.8% |
| 113th | India | 2.05 | -3.4% |
| 114th | Nepal | 2.05 | -1.4% |
| 115th | Peru | 2.06 | -1.4% |
| 116th | Philippines | 2.08 | -6.3% |
| 117th | Bangladesh | 2.18 | -0.2% |
| 118th | Myanmar | 2.18 | -1.2% |
| 119th | Panama | 2.18 | -4.5% |
| 120th | Indonesia | 2.19 | -0.7% |
| 121st | South Africa | 2.26 | -0.3% |
| 122nd | Saudi Arabia | 2.27 | -8.8% |
| 123rd | Seychelles | 2.29 | -3.0% |
| 124th | Nicaragua | 2.30 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Lebanon | 2.31 | -0.8% |
| 126th | Suriname | 2.31 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Morocco | 2.32 | -0.9% |
| 128th | Dominican Republic | 2.33 | -1.6% |
| 129th | Faroe Islands | 2.35 | -3.5% |
| 130th | Fiji | 2.36 | -1.2% |
| 131st | American Samoa | 2.36 | -1.8% |
| 132nd | Monaco | 2.38 | -1.0% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 2.47 | -4.7% |
| 134th | Guyana | 2.49 | -1.2% |
| 135th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.49 | -2.5% |
| 136th | Paraguay | 2.50 | -1.1% |
| 137th | Libya | 2.51 | -1.3% |
| 138th | Lao PDR | 2.54 | -2.1% |
| 139th | Honduras | 2.58 | -1.3% |
| 140th | Oman | 2.64 | -2.2% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.65 | -1.4% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | 2.70 | -1.0% |
| 143rd | Djibouti | 2.75 | -1.9% |
| 144th | Jordan | 2.79 | -2.2% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 2.79 | -1.4% |
| 146th | Haiti | 2.80 | -2.0% |
| 147th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.83 | 1.4% |
| 148th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84 | -1.4% |
| 149th | Lesotho | 2.85 | -2.7% |
| 150th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.85 | -0.7% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.85 | -1.1% |
| 152nd | Botswana | 2.86 | -1.5% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 2.89 | -1.3% |
| 154th | Guam | 2.90 | -1.5% |
| 155th | Israel | 2.90 | -3.7% |
| 156th | Mongolia | 2.90 | -3.3% |
| 157th | Algeria | 2.94 | -1.9% |
| 158th | Marshall Islands | 2.99 | -0.8% |
| 159th | Timor-Leste | 3.01 | -3.4% |
| 160th | Uzbekistan | 3.06 | 6.7% |
| 161st | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.10 | -6.1% |
| 162nd | Kazakhstan | 3.13 | 8.3% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 3.21 | -2.1% |
| 164th | Tonga | 3.23 | -1.2% |
| 165th | Kiribati | 3.25 | -1.1% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 3.27 | -1.4% |
| 167th | Tuvalu | 3.31 | -0.7% |
| 168th | Namibia | 3.35 | -1.6% |
| 169th | Kenya | 3.36 | -2.0% |
| 170th | Iraq | 3.42 | -1.8% |
| 171st | Nauru | 3.47 | -1.8% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 3.51 | -2.2% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 3.54 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Vanuatu | 3.74 | -1.4% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 3.75 | -1.3% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 3.75 | 0.2% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 3.77 | -1.2% |
| 178th | São Tomé and Principe | 3.83 | -1.9% |
| 179th | Gabon | 3.83 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Malawi | 3.88 | -1.9% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 3.91 | -1.8% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | 3.93 | -1.6% |
| 183rd | Samoa | 4.00 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Senegal | 4.00 | -2.4% |
| 185th | Comoros | 4.07 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.08 | -1.9% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 4.08 | -2.7% |
| 188th | South Sudan | 4.16 | -2.3% |
| 189th | Madagascar | 4.17 | -1.2% |
| 190th | Liberia | 4.17 | -1.9% |
| 191st | Gambia, The | 4.25 | -1.9% |
| 192nd | Zambia | 4.32 | -2.2% |
| 193rd | Congo, Republic of | 4.33 | -1.2% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.35 | -1.9% |
| 195th | Togo | 4.39 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 4.44 | -5.1% |
| 197th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.46 | -1.4% |
| 198th | Guinea | 4.49 | -1.9% |
| 199th | Sudan | 4.54 | -1.6% |
| 200th | Cameroon | 4.56 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | 4.60 | -0.1% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 4.62 | -2.6% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 4.70 | -3.3% |
| 204th | Benin | 4.80 | -2.1% |
| 205th | Tanzania | 4.80 | -1.3% |
| 206th | Mauritania | 4.91 | -1.4% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 4.96 | -1.1% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.15 | -1.8% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.18 | -1.8% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.37 | -1.3% |
| 211th | Mali | 5.85 | -0.7% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 6.06 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.21 | -0.8% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.35 | -1.0% |
| 215th | Niger | 6.37 | -2.6% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.45 | -1.6% |
FAQ
What was Greenland's fertility rate in 2020?▾
Greenland's fertility rate in 2020 was 2.02. This ranked 108th globally.
How did Greenland's fertility rate change in 2020?▾
Greenland's fertility rate decreased by 2.9% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2020?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest fertility rate in 2020 at 6.45.
What is the fertility rate of Greenland in 2020?▾
The fertility rate of Greenland in 2020 was 2.02. This ranked 108th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Greenland's fertility rate?▾
Greenland's fertility rate went from 2.08 in 2019 to 2.02 in 2020, a 2.9% decrease.
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